He Wudi still handed over the two martial techniques to Jun Changxiao.

Of course, his willingness to hand them over wasn’t because the other party shamelessly pestered him, but because he had developed a sense of belonging to the sect.

In his former world, He Wudi’s survival method was to always lay low. He typically wouldn’t compete with others for opportunities, making him a professional grinder.

Level reset, descended to the lower realm.

After joining the Eternal Sect, he still adhered to laying low. But in reality?

The sect provided all cultivation resources. His daily responsibilities were just opening and closing gates, occasionally doing sect missions. His days were extraordinarily comfortable.

Since he had received so many benefits, what did it matter to contribute his martial techniques?

People should know how to be grateful.

Besides, these martial techniques of his were completely beneath Senior Seven Profound’s notice. Having them cultivated by fellow sect members was also an honor!

The more He Wudi thought about it, the more it made sense. A sense of pride gradually arose in his eyes. “Everyone for me, and I for everyone!”

…

Study room.

Jun Changxiao placed the two manuals on the desk—one was Nine Dragon Splitting Palm, the other was Heaven and Earth Transformation into Nothingness.

“Very historical,” the System said.

“Indeed.”

Jun Changxiao said, “I feel it too.”

As he spoke, he had already opened the first page of Nine Dragon Splitting Palm and began reading carefully.

According to this book’s setting, unless one belonged to a special race, most used unified Chinese characters, so the content recorded could be understood.

“Something’s wrong.”

Jun Changxiao frowned.

The cultivation path described, including the meridian circulation, had massive differences from the martial techniques he had encountered before.

Actually, every plane had its own martial technique system, but fundamentally they were similar. This Nine Dragon Splitting Palm changed too much—even some parts were completely incomprehensible.

Since his transmigration, Jun Changxiao had relied on Insight Talismans to cultivate non-shop martial techniques, but having absorbed from a hundred schools of thought, he also had quite good understanding.

Growing into a martial arts master through cheating methods—no one else could do this.

“Indeed very strange.”

The System said, “Completely different from the martial technique systems the host has cultivated before.”

Jun Changxiao opened Heaven and Earth Transformation into Nothingness. After careful examination, he concluded it was extremely similar to Nine Dragon Splitting Palm—both didn’t belong to the Upper Realm’s martial techniques.

“This won’t do.”

“I need to ask Wudi.”

“Where did he get these manuals from?”

…

“Uh…”

He Wudi lay on the bed stammering.

The manuals naturally came from his former world, but speaking of it would expose him, wouldn’t it?

The former Night Emperor desperately concealed his body seizure and rebirth.

Why?

Leaving aside the troubles being discovered would bring, just being killed by his own fiancée—speaking of it was extremely humiliating.

He Wudi was the same. After all, being hunted down with nowhere to run and being forced to reset his level and descend wasn’t anything glorious worth praising.

“Wudi.”

Jun Changxiao said, “Has this Seat treated you well all these years? All these years…”

“Sect Master!”

He Wudi shot up from the bed. “I’ll talk!”

“Oh?”

Jun Changxiao was surprised. “You can move now?”

He Wudi walked to the table and placed two teacups of different sizes on it. “Sect Master, this small one is the lower universe, this large one is the upper universe.”

“And then?” Jun Changxiao asked.

He Wudi placed a teapot next to the two teacups. “If there were an even larger universe, would Sect Master believe it?”

“I believe it.”

Jun Changxiao didn’t even hesitate.

He Wudi was somewhat stunned.

The Sect Master believed too readily—if he had known, he wouldn’t have used objects for the analogy.

Jun Changxiao approached, pointing at the teapot. “Your two manuals came from here?”

“Correct.”

He Wudi said seriously.

Having come this far, he decided to come clean.

Actually, thinking about it carefully, the reason he descended was being jointly hunted by a group of experts no weaker than himself. Compared to Ye Xingchen, at least he wasn’t embarrassing!

“Achoo!”

Currently cultivating, Night Emperor sneezed and said coldly, “Who’s badmouthing me?”

Jun Changxiao looked at him. “You’re also from there?”

“Correct.”

After many years in the sect, He Wudi finally came clean.

“As I thought.”

Jun Changxiao didn’t appear very surprised, as if everything was within his expectations.

Actually, realizing the two martial techniques had different systems from the upper universe, he had suspected they might be from a higher plane. After all, the other party had been cultivating in the sect the whole time—it was impossible to go out seeking opportunities. How would he have special manuals?

Initially, He Wudi had confessed that he was hunted because of the Seven-Colored Radiant Light Breaking and had no choice but to flee to the lower realm.

However, he had concealed one very important thing—that he came from an even higher level.

From start to finish, Jun Changxiao had thought He Wudi came from the Upper Realm. It wasn’t until he saw the clues in the two martial techniques that he began suspecting there might be something hidden.

“This universe is very strong?”

“How should I put it.”

He Wudi considered briefly. “It can’t really be called a universe, but rather an independent world transcending the universe, called the Land of Eternal Life.”

“Land of Eternal Life?”

Jun Changxiao suddenly remembered the conversation he had heard through the illusion when inheriting Xuanyuan Realm. He asked, “What’s its relationship to the Path of Eternal Life?”

“Only by passing through the Path of Eternal Life can one enter the Land of Eternal Life,” He Wudi explained.

“Where is the Path of Eternal Life?”

He Wudi said, “Only after advancing to Heavenly Secret Realm and comprehending higher levels does one have the qualifications to learn of the Path of Eternal Life.”

“Understood.”

Jun Changxiao asked again, “Why did you come to the lower universe?”

He Wudi said, “Because of the Seven-Colored Radiant Light Breaking.”

He had mentioned this before. Jun Changxiao also knew he was a victim of the System stealing Fragment One. Now hearing him say it again, he realized the theft occurred while the person was still in the Land of Eternal Life.

This raised another new question.

Fragment One of the Seven-Colored Radiant Light Breaking actually existed in a higher plane—did this mean the Seven Profound Holy Venerable was more impressive than he had imagined?

“What was your cultivation level before?”

“Holy Monarch.”

“Very strong?”

“Uh… fairly so-so, I suppose.”

Jun Changxiao muttered internally, “From the situation, it doesn’t seem very high.”

“Are there other realms?”

“Below is Holy One, above is Holy Venerable.”

The Holy Venerable in Seven Profound Holy Venerable actually represented a cultivation realm. Jun Changxiao had thought it was a name or title.

Jun Changxiao said, “You’ve been hiding it all along—could it be you have enemies in the Land of Eternal Life?”

“I didn’t before.”

He Wudi clenched his fists. “But because Fragment One of the Seven-Colored Radiant Light Breaking was suddenly stolen, I gained countless enemies and was ultimately forced to descend to the lower realm.”

“…”

Jun Changxiao was speechless.

If this guy knew Fragment One had been stolen by the System, would he explode on the spot?

No way—this matter couldn’t be told to him.

“Fortunately.”

He Wudi’s anger subsided somewhat. “I’m very glad I could join the Eternal Sect, very glad to become a disciple of the sect founded by Senior Seven Profound.”

Jun Changxiao said, “Consider it a blessing in disguise. No need to dwell on the theft of the fragment.”

“People must look forward, not backward. Let the past be past. We must focus on the future!”

The thing was stolen by the System. He didn’t know about it at the time—the innocent bear no guilt. What he could do now was console him as much as possible, telling him not to always think about who the thief was, not to hold grudges, because… it was utterly meaningless.